Jersey Village High School - Falcon Yearbook (Houston, TX)

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-1 A 7' Y M Showing off one of the sets for South Pacific are drama students, jeff Miller, 11, Stephanie Ttkmann, 12, jim lWIIxbms, 12, and-I. D. Harper, II. In the drama room, john Hargrove, 10, and Malt Thompson, 10, practice their lines for The Lge and Deaib of Sneaky Finch. electives

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Extra science and math Students in the academic electives soared high dur ing the 1985-1984 school year. There were thirteen academic electives in science and math combined The science electives were Chemistry I, Physics I Biology II, Chemistry II, Physics II, and Marine Biology. Sun Ham, a senior, stated, My major is go ing to be pre-medicine which requires an excessive amount of science courses. Most of my attention goes to Biology II. Learning and comprehending the studies of nature and the structures of the human body are very interesting to me The math electives were Geometry Algebra II Trigonometry, Elementary Analysis, Calculus, Com puter Math, and Advanced Computer Math. Hang CTheresaj Pham, a junior, replied, I am taking Trigonometry because it will be required later in col lege. I feel that it is good to take higher math and science courses so that I will be more prepared when I get to college Approximately forty five percent of the students who graduated will be going on to college. The academic electives offer the students additional op portunities to increase their knowledge Listening studiously is Mr. jobmonir Geometry class as he teaches them a proof electives 1 1 1 O O , . y H s y

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f During art class, Carmen Deskin, 10, leans over to talk to a future artist. While rehearsing their scene, Steve Wagner, 9 and Eadie Bingham, 10, take valuable time out to pose for a picture aw? ii Before drawing her sketch, Tracy Parker, II, daydreams trying to envi- sion the perfect picture in her mind. Fine Arts reaching for more The Hne art electives were one way for the students to show their versatility They consisted of Art IIV and Crafts III ewelry, Ceramics, Photograph III Theater Arts I IV Theater Production American Sign Language, and Orchestra In American Sign Language the students learned how to communrcate with the deaf students in the school In addition to learning the many different communication approaches students also discovered some of the problems that the hearing impaired ex perrence and their ways of overcoming them The ac trvrties most enjoyed by the students were the occa sional visits to their classroom by the deaf students and their chance to practice with them The art electives were a popular choice during the past school year Durrng Arts and Crafts some of the projects undertaken were drawing color, fibers, ceramics and calliography Another one of the popular art electives was jewelry Ceramics had its share of entertaining tasks such as history of ceramics pinch slab coil combining techniques potters wheel raku grazing, and firing In Art I IV the specifics of art were learned In Photography I and II there were many pro jects undertaken between the two courses Theater Arts I was a course which offered oppor tunrtres for students to get acquainted with the many phases of theater productions The course was de signed to increase the abilities of the students Theater Arts II IV were structured to fit the needs of students who show exceptional ability in drama and wish to take advanced courses in production Included rn the theater art electives Theater Production was a course offered with the purpose of studying the theater in relation to the total theatrical process For those students interested in expressing themselves through music, string orchestra was a popular course offered The main objective of or chestra was to promote the skills needed for the pro motion of the classics ' 5 If' ' O - ,J - , 3 - D Y as ' ' ' , 1 , ' . . , 1 , , , . y ' , 1 - ' - 434 N . electives